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package idv.takeshi.model;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ReflectionToStringBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringStyle;

/**
 * @author takeshi.miao
 *
 */
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public abstract class Entity <T extends Entity> implements Serializable {
	
	/**
	 * Auto-generated Serializable ID.
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4813816608892491202L;

	/**
	 * equals by key 
	 * @param entity
	 * @return
	 */
	abstract public boolean equalsByKey(T entity);
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this, ToStringStyle.MULTI_LINE_STYLE);
	}
}
